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Pro-Life Wisconsin Affiliates to Observe Roe v. Wade
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Thursday, January 17, 2008


For Immediate Release
January 17, 2008

Contact: Peggy Hamill, State Director, (262) 796-1111, Cell (414) 416-0489

Pro-Life Wisconsin Affiliates to Observe Roe v. Wade


January 22, 2008 will mark the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion. Over 48 million lives in the United States have been lost because of abortion, a casualty that continues to grow daily.

While hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers descend on Washington, D.C. in protest of Roe v. Wade, eight Pro-Life Wisconsin affiliates throughout Wisconsin have local events occurring to mark January 22.

Roe v. Wade is not just about Washington, D.C. Abortion is a tragedy, happening every day in communities all over Wisconsin,” said Peggy Hamill, State Director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. “These affiliate events serve as reminders of the deadly destruction of innocent lives occurring right before us.”

The following are planned PLW affiliate events for the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade:
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Walworth County will hold a prayer vigil on January 22 at the Planned Parenthood in Delavan, 312 S. 7th Street, from noon to 1 p.m.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Waukesha County will gather on January 26 at 10 a.m. for prayer in front of the Planned Parenthood in Waukesha, 426 W. Main Street.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Fox Valley will gather for prayer at the Planned Parenthood in Appleton, located at 3800 N. Gillette St., from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on January 22 and January 23. Abortions are scheduled at the clinic for both days.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Juneau County will gather January 22 for 35 minutes (one minute for each year since Roe vs. Wade in 1973) at the Juneau County Courthouse, located at 101 State Street in Mauston at 7 p.m. On January 20, there will be a Sanctity of Life Rally at St. James Lutheran Church in Necedah at 7 p.m.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Dane County will gather for a prayer vigil on January 22 at 10 a.m. at the Planned Parenthood on Orin Rd. in Madison.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Kenosha County will hold a prayer vigil at Planned Parenthood at the corner of 36th Ave and Roosevelt Road in Kenosha on January 22, from noon to 1 p.m.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Rock County will be at St. Jude’s Parish Hall, 749 Hackett Street in Beloit, on January 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Actions will include a prayer service and praying the Rosary for Life.
- Pro-Life Wisconsin Marathon County will hold a memorial service at St. Mary’s Oratory in Wausau, on January 20. Morning Mass at the Oratory will be followed by a pro-life prayer chain at 11:00 a.m. along Grand Ave. in Wausau. There will be a lunch at 12:00 p.m. with a speech by Marc Tuttle, Director of Development at Pro-Life Wisconsin.

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